Saturday, 17 March 2007
Don't try [this] progressive hairstyle
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-16 09:15
A young man in Shanghai with braided hair was asked to leave a men's toilet on Monday, having been mistaken for a woman.
The man, Li Yang, works for a fashion magazine. To prepare himself for a group date party to be hosted by the magazine, Li visited a hair salon on Monday and asked for a stylish haircut. Half an hour later, Li wore bangs on his forehead and braids down his back. The stylist assured him the hairstyle was absolutely fashionable. Using a toilet on his way to the party, two men entered the toilet, saw him and left. Seconds later, they appeared again and said to Li: "Miss, you've got the wrong toilet." Li left, embarrassed.
(Xinwen Evening News)
Thursday, 15 March 2007
Mounds of Change
2007-03-14 17:16:03 CRIENGLISH.com
A resident in Zhengzhou city, Henan Province deposited money worth 20 thousand yuan at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Zhengzhou on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. In the background, bank clerks set about counting the change. [Photo: photo.eastday.com]
A money depositor has scared away the staff of several banks by bringing them vast quantities of pennies.
The condiments businessman, surnamed Xu, is a resident in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan Province. He says the money is worth more than 20 thousand yuan and that he has collected it from his clients.
But the money has brought him big trouble, reports a Shanghai-based newspaper, since it is composed of small notes and coins with a highest value of one yuan and a lowest of one jiao, a little more than one US cent.
The businessman said he has to use seven bags to hold all the money. But not only does it take up a lot of space. The real trouble is that no banks wanted to accept the money, arguing that it takes too much time and labor to count such quantities of change. Mr. Xu said he ran across the whole city trying various banks before finding a branch that would take it. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China agreed to accept the deposit.
The clerks in the bank explained that no rules allow them to refuse such a deposit. It will, however, take three people three or four days to count the money.
Friday, 9 March 2007
Chinese universities...
Chinese universities urged to develop students' practical and innovative capacities
Chinese colleges and universities should reduce the proportion of required courses on the curriculum so as to give the students more freedom of choice, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
The newly released circular said that boosting the proportion of optional courses will give students opportunities to develop their practical and innovative capabilities.
It also ordered institutions to give students the opportunity to carry out social investigations, take internships, and said colleges should encourage students to innovate.
The universities should also encourage students to take courses in other schools by establishing a cross-credit system, the circular said.
About 1.24 million graduating Chinese college students graduated without jobs in 2006, and the number is likely to be higher this year.
A survey showed that 52 percent of graduates considered a lack of broad life experience the biggest obstacle in finding work.
Employers often complain that what graduate job-seekers have learnt in school does not match their job requirements.
Source: Xinhua
Chinese colleges and universities should reduce the proportion of required courses on the curriculum so as to give the students more freedom of choice, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
The newly released circular said that boosting the proportion of optional courses will give students opportunities to develop their practical and innovative capabilities.
It also ordered institutions to give students the opportunity to carry out social investigations, take internships, and said colleges should encourage students to innovate.
The universities should also encourage students to take courses in other schools by establishing a cross-credit system, the circular said.
About 1.24 million graduating Chinese college students graduated without jobs in 2006, and the number is likely to be higher this year.
A survey showed that 52 percent of graduates considered a lack of broad life experience the biggest obstacle in finding work.
Employers often complain that what graduate job-seekers have learnt in school does not match their job requirements.
Source: Xinhua
Hermit, 72, comes out after 40 years in wild
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-09 09:21
A man emerged from his mountain home in Taiwan after 40 years of living as a hermit.
A farmer found the man, surnamed Peng, now 72, who had lived alone, surviving by eating herbs and drinking spring water. He lived in a room built of bamboo and wood. A stove and knife were the only facilities he owned.
Peng lost a lawsuit in 1967 and, in his rage, ran into the wild, vowing never to return to the city. After the farmer found him, Peng, for the first time in his life, had a chance to taste instant noodles.
(China Times News)
Updated: 2007-03-09 09:21
A man emerged from his mountain home in Taiwan after 40 years of living as a hermit.
A farmer found the man, surnamed Peng, now 72, who had lived alone, surviving by eating herbs and drinking spring water. He lived in a room built of bamboo and wood. A stove and knife were the only facilities he owned.
Peng lost a lawsuit in 1967 and, in his rage, ran into the wild, vowing never to return to the city. After the farmer found him, Peng, for the first time in his life, had a chance to taste instant noodles.
(China Times News)
Sunday, 4 March 2007
Saturday, 3 March 2007
From Beauty to......
Former Chinese actress and business celebrity and billionaire Chen Xiaoxu has taken the tonsure at a Buddhist temple in Changchun, capital of Jilin province in northeast China. Chen Xiaoxu played the role of Lin Daiyu, the heroine in the classical novel "The Dream of Red Mansion" (a TV soap opera adapted from the novel).
Friday, 2 March 2007
International Marathon in Xiamen
My first and last marathon in China. Tooooo hot and no water stations.
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Mirage
(DALIANNEWS) - Picture taken at the Binhai Rd. of Dalian, February 28, shows the distant ships and shadows of mountains covered by cloud and mist, which
looks like the mirage of sea scenery. Therecent warm and damp temperature caused the foggy natural sight.
looks like the mirage of sea scenery. Therecent warm and damp temperature caused the foggy natural sight.
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